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Use of CBA app for notice of $7M penalty in ASIC case not appropriate, judge says
Article 2021-08-16 2:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has refused to order Commonwealth Bank of Australia to publish notice of a $7 million penalty in a case brought by ASIC on its mobile app, but the bank will have to alert customers to its misconduct on its website and online newsroom.

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Judge finds documents from Google’s ‘Oh Shit’ meeting relevant to penalty
ACCC 2021-08-16 5:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

Google will have to hand over documents relating to its infamous ‘Oh Shit’ meeting to the ACCC, with a  judge finding the material was “sufficiently likely” to be relevant to any penalties the search giant will face for misleading consumers about use of their location data.

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Arasor class action applicant can’t dodge funder’s legal bill after ‘shambolic’ handling of side dispute
Carl Moller 2021-08-16 12:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The lead applicant in a settled shareholder class action against technology company Arasor can’t dodge funder International Litigation Partners’ costs, which it was ordered to pay after a judge rejected its “shambolic” attempts to be heard over a $1.2 million personal expenses dispute with the funder.

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Ex-gangland lawyer fined for misleading Legal Services Commissioner
Defteros Lawyers 2021-08-16 12:50 pm By Bianca Hrovat

A Melbourne lawyer, who formerly represented gangland figures, has been reprimanded and fined $9,000, after a court found he recklessly misled the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner regarding his involvement in a de-facto relationship matter in which unsatisfactory professional conduct was allege

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High Court won’t hear Auctus appeal over $2.3M R&D tax refund mistake
Alain Musikanth 2021-08-16 10:58 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Auctus Resources will not be able to hang on to a $2.3 million R&D tax offset refund which the Full Court found was paid by mistake, after the High Court turned down its special leave application.

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Ashurst beefs up financial regulation team with consumer credit ace from HWL Ebsworth
Ashurst 2021-08-16 7:01 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Ashurst is expanding its financial regulation practice with the appointment of consumer credit expert Hong-Viet Nguyen from HWL Ebsworth Lawyers.

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Court can’t force ‘unwilling’ applicants to litigate, says Sims class action judge
Alexander Edwards 2021-08-13 8:28 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has allowed a new applicant to lead a shareholder class action against recycling company Sims Metal Management, ruling that he could not force the original applicant to continue in the role when it wanted to back out.

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YouTuber Jordan Shanks has defence scuttled in NSW Deputy Premier’s defamation case
Ashurst 2021-08-13 4:13 pm By Miklos Bolza

YouTuber Jordan Shanks has been sent back to the drawing board with his defence in a defamation case brought by NSW Deputy Premier Jon Barilaro after the Federal Court found parliamentary privilege protected the politician in the face of a truth defence to some allegations.

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ACCC says Google’s ‘Oh Shit’ meeting relevant to penalty in location privacy case
ACCC 2021-08-13 4:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The ACCC wants Google to produce documents related to its infamous ‘Oh Shit’ meeting, which the consumer regulator says will be relevant to the tech giant’s state of mind and the judge’s penalty in a case over representations to users about their location data.

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Christian Porter wants to block media from using secret parts of ABC defence
ABC 2021-08-13 9:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Liberal MP Christian Porter has asked a court to ensure Nine and News Corp. do not use secret portions of ABC’s defence to his defamation allegations, which the media giants accessed as intervenors in the former federal Attorney-General’s case.

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